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From: David Farough
Date: Jun 19, 2018 10:06AM

I agree with Jonathan, but I don't believe that I am a typical user
either. For me, Auto forms mode just gets in the way.

David Farough

Coordonnateur de l'accessibilité des applications, Services intégrés de
gestion des TI
Commission de la fonction publique du Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
<EMAIL REMOVED> Tél: 819-420-8418 Télécopieur :
819-420-8408

Application Accessibility Co-ordinator, Corporate IT Management
Public Service Commission of Canada / Government of Canada
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>>> Jonathan Cohn < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 10:49 AM Tuesday, June 19,
2018 >>>

This is why I
use semi-automatic mode, unless I am testing. When navigating with
arrow keys or quick nav forms mode stays off and I can keep reading.
Also, if I try to arrow past the last character in an input field it
refuses to do so. But if using the tab key, forms mode turns on when a
widget is encountered. I am also afraid that using the space bar might
not only trigger forms mode, but transmit that space through to the web
page when encountering radio or normal buttons. which might cause side
effects I am trying to avoid.
Jonathan Cohn

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